Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Zora Hurston was a world-renowned writer and anthropologist.

In 1968, Shirley Chisholm became the first African American woman to serve in Congress.

Maria Mitchell was the first female astronomer in the United States and the first American scientist to discover a comet.

Carrie Chapman Catt was a suffragist and peace activist who helped secure for American women the right to vote

Ruby Bridges was only six years old when she became the first African American to attend her elementary school.